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Thanks, I totally forgot about this before running the retail version. Simply copying the enclosing folders from the Beta didn't work. I had to delete the Publisher folder and duplicate the Publisher Beta folder, then remove Beta from the name.

It appeared to bring most of my settings over except the panel, window and toolbar settings are not quite right.

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I've tried the first stage again but now the Retail thinks it's a Beta . I can open files once in Retail but when I click on a file in my folder it tells me Beta is no longer available and doesnt open.

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Was it really necessary to make the expiry date for the .399 beta so close to the actual release?

I received my pre-ordered license codes this morning at 8am. Tried to print something from the .399 beta today before I had the chance to make the switch to 'Retail', only to get a "Beta Expired" message, and at a time when I didn't have internet access to download etc.

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I've tried the first stage again but now the Retail thinks it's a Beta . I can open files once in Retail but when I click on a file in my folder it tells me Beta is no longer available and doesnt open.

Could be that you're actually opening the beta version, so you should just move it to the trash. The icons are exactly the same so it's easy to mix up.

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Thanks Walt. The files are on my desktop and backed up on icloud but both are whited out where there should be the Affinity Publisher yellow logo. When I click to open the message reads Thank you for using the Affinity Publisher public Beta the test has now expired.

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gascoyneone, the file you are trying to open, click on it in Finder, and go File > Get Info. In the Get Info window, there's a section lower down that says "Open With". Make sure it's set to Affinity Publisher and not Affinity Publisher Beta. Once you've set it to NOT be the beta, click the Change All... button. This assumes that the retail version is downloaded and properly in the Applications folder. You should also trash the beta app as it will no longer work as you've seen.

This will essentially just move all the custom user data over to retail

1. Where by "move" do you mean "duplicate"?

2. And, per your instruction, if I leave the old "Affinity Publisher Beta" folder where it was, will it work seamlessly with future Betas?

3. To obviate the need for the above procedure, can't there be just the one "Affinity Publisher" folder that works with both Beta and Shipping versions?

Now, while carrying out the above procedure I noticed that in the "Application Support" folder I have what appear to be two copies of the "Affinity Photo" folder. One has settings files in it, including a licence file, but the other only has the (seemingly identical) licence file. So:

4. How did this happen?

5. Can I safely delete the folder that contains only the licence file?